Make sure you do visit France within validity of your visa. Keep the tickets for that trip.

At the Portuguese border - if asked - just tell them that you are indeed plan to visit France a couple of months later.

You shall be fine otherwise.

Hi everyone, Returning to the forum to update on my Dutch Naturalisation process from the UK. I started the process a year ago by registering to Inburgering exams via the embassy in London. I did tests in 2 parts and by the end of summer I had the results. On top of that I needed my birth certificat...

Just like Kamoe said you are over thinking :) let me share our situation as it is exactly the same as yours. We are a family of four (my wife is EU citizen, myself and our 2 children are non-EU), we all have settled status. Last April my 2 children became EU citizen through my wife so they are now ...

Irish citizenship (I assume you're aiming for it) takes about 1,5 - 2 years to achieve anyway, so you might already be on settled status or close to it by the time you get the new documents, so you might be able to perform the change during the application process. Hi, no, it's actually Dutch one t...

Thanks, kamoe. I think once I get the passport I will try to add additional one online (looks like this option has now been added to a list of options). Then I’ll see if I can do it in existing profile. You are right about “better safe than sorry” - I don’t want to mess up with the system that so fa...

Hi Everyone, I have EUSS pre-settled status as a non-EU spouse of EU citizen. I came to UK on EEA Family Permit, then had a EEA2 card and then pre-settled status if it makes any difference. I am now ready to apply for another citizenship (from EU home country of my husband) and I'm wondering how thi...

With no disrespect intended, I am fully aware of the burdening costs of aging, but no where did I write that my elderly parents would be a burden to the state. If anything they would be the opposite as they have always had private healthcare, have an extensive property portfolio in the UK amongst o...

Your question is a bit naive, I suppose. UK, as many other countries, is in general very - VERY - protective and limiting the immigration. Older people come with potentially higher expenses (e.g. healthcare) for the country while their input into the economy in most of the cases is limited. So why w...

I can add my two pence into this. Applied for my daughter mid June 21 and still did not even get a COA. I also thought we have a very straightforward case: she is EU, born in UK, parents both have pre-settled status. Called the resolution centre several times, they keep escalating and telling me “it...

Hi everyone, I'm applying for a visit visa for my mum. Some of the documents needed to be translated from original language into English. As this isn't her first visa to UK, can I simply reuse old translations (dated 2019) for the documents that remain the same (eg my birth certificate)? Or does the...

How about authorities in Spain or Portugal once he lands for his stop over, is he goi g to face in trouble there? It’s been so long that I travelled but I don’t think he is even going to get his passport checked as he is not leaving the airport. Many thanks If he has his flight within the same airp...

I spoke to them the other day about my daughter's application for EUSS. We applied mid June, still did not even receive COA. I was told by the person I spoke to, that we did not receive COA because her ID hasn't been confirmed yet. He also told me that it is a manual check when a baby is involved as...

Most likely she will only get 6 months visa now. You can apply for a longer visa but it is unlikely she’ll be granted longer visas

It depends. I once had previous UK visa cancelled when new one has been issued. However, the general rule seems to depend on the validity of old and new visas. If there’s overlap (say old one expires on 15/08 and you requested new one from 01/08), most likely your old one will be cancelled. I howeve...

I haven’t been in the airports for a while now… but are E-gates working at all? How do they do these checks of the Covid forms and quarantine requirements?

Hi everyone, I was trying to find similar topics/timelines but to no avail. My EU husband and I (non-EU) both have pre-settled status in the UK. Our baby was born in the UK mid March, we applied for her EUSS as soon as we got her EU passport with her EU passport. We linked her application to the EUS...

I believe the key is “during this period”. So if your visa expired and you did not apply for exceptional assurance during Jan - Aug 2020, they’ll be no adverse consequences.

Since the period is over and if you did not apply/regularise, you must be leaving. Seems pretty logical to me

If it helps, for babies born before 1/04/21 - application deadline is 30/06/21. For babies born after 01/04 - three months after the birth. The site isn’t really saying what to do if the baby doesn’t have a valid form of ID, hence we rushed to the embassy to get her passport ready. We’ve applied onl...

Enforcement instructions and guidance Chapter 30:sham marriages/ civil partnerships/ marriages of convenience from 2014, so it may be a bit out of date, but that will give you an idea of what the Home Office looks at when considering marriages of convenience/sham marriages. Marriage investigations ...

Visit visas shall only be used for what they are called for: visits. Your parents shall not be staying more than 6 months in the UK. Extension of visit visas from within the UK isn’t possible in general (exclusions apply but it doesn’t seem that your partners will qualify for them). When are they fi...

I don’t have French specific knowledge but I e been legalizing a lot of papers within/outside EU. Only the country that issued the paper can legalize the paper for you. NZ is a part of The Hague Convention which established apostile rules, so you’ll need to find a way to get the apostile from NZ IF ...

There are a couple of things to consider re long term multi entry Schengen visas: 1. You need to build up your Schengen visa history. First timers normally get visas for the duration of the trip or - best case - 6 months visas. You can then get 1 year/multiple years. 2. It really helps to apply to o...

Bring the passport to TLS if that is possible How can I do that? I know how to ship - but do I need to include prepaid label for the return? (Honestly, I am not sure from which country they would be returning the passport) In TLS center, they explained that they will send a DHL label and not to use...

He can come to the UK without job as this is not required for dependent visa. If he works for a multinational, he will most likely be explained that the main problem in the way he plans to structure his work can be taxation. He will have the right to work in the UK, so he will not be breaking immigr...

I suspect it’s not a very straightforward case. You would probably need to adopt/ establish other form of parental responsibility. Kids mother will need to give up her parental rights officially, not just say that she wouldn’t mind.